A podcast about Practices, Systems, and Rituals for a Creative Life, hosted by Cody Cook-Parrott. New episodes weekly on Wednesdays. Learn more at codycookparrott.com/commonshapes
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The Sacred Commons Podcasts
The Sacred Secrets podcast is your safe space where we come to reconnect and strengthen our common sense of purpose and celebrate our shared humanity. We discuss prayer, having a spiritual life, dealing with life's challenges with grace, and prioritizing self-care. Join us for our once-monthly discussion.
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Does it feel like every part of your life is divided? Every scenario? Every environment? Your church, your school, your work, your friends. Left, right. Conservative, liberal. Religious, secular. From parenting styles to school choice, denominational choice to governing preference, it seems you're always being asked to take a side. This is a conversation between a progressive Christian and a conservative atheist who happen to be great friends. Welcome to Living on Common Ground.
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We are a Radio Station based in love thriving on Universal Guidance. As One Life Force, humanity is on a journey of spiritual enrichment. We sit in humility at the thought of being part of this sacred evolution.
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This podcast is a thematic journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, spanning over 40 weeks with 160 episodes during the Jubilee Year of Hope. Each week, four episodes will be released with the goal of deepening our understanding and love for our Catholic beliefs. Father Andy Laframboise is pastor of St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Beal City and director of priestly vocations. He holds a licentiate in Sacred Theology in Marriage and Family Studies from the Pontifical John Paul II ...
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A learner exploring the sacred in the seemingly secular.
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The Holistic Pharmacy Podcast (formerly called “RawFork”), features pharmacists that incorporate natural medicine into their practice. We believe merging science and traditional wisdom is the way to embody one's full health. Founded by pharmacist/health coach/herbalist Dr. Marina Buksov, our platform helps to advocate for better health and quality of life using the most natural and least invasive methods.
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A podcast from an Ancient-Future church in the city of Youngstown made up of ordinary radicals seeking to (re)discover the beauty in the accumulated wisdom of the Body of Christ so that we may do justice, love mercy, walk humbly with God. https://thesacredcommons.com
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The Somatic Primer Podcast promotes a cross discipline of somatic dialogues that strive to discover the common threads that run through them all. The Somatic Primer Podcast hosts interdisciplinary conversations from experts in their fields and sharing those ideas within the larger somatic community.
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Most people are baffled at any idea that fairies could exist...and telling people you've had a fairy encounter is a major taboo. The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast hears from people who’ve had experiences and want to share them. Whether you’re already a believer, or full of intrigue, come open-minded and open-hearted…simply listen, and make your own mind up. But take heed, these are not winged Tinkerbells. These are real fairies. Please note: this podcast is not suitable for children as it m ...
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With an emphasis on Judaism, these mystical and practical discussions are explorations of spirituality and its relation to religion and psychology, with questions always. Beyond a specific spiritual practice, or sect or stream of Judaism; what do we share, what do we have in common? These talks are a work in progress evolving our rich inner life, including reflections on religious texts (i.e., Torah and Talmud), poems, art, and what is common in our human experience enhancing understanding o ...
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Bettering the world one attitude at a time. We did not create the hate, but together, we can 𝘿𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙖𝙩𝙚! In a world filled with divisiveness, and dominated by F.O.G. (Fear, Outrage & Grievance), it's time we find a better way to engage. That all starts with each of us as individuals. We cannot control all that we encounter within our day to day lives, or the environment in which we live, but we certainly have the ability and responsibility to control how we react to it. For me, it start ...
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Rod Dreher wrote “to order the world rightly as Christians requires regarding all things as pointing to Christ” Christ is the One in Whom in all things consist and humanity is not the measure of all things. If a defining characteristic of the modern world is disorder then the most fundamental act of resistance is to discover and life according to the deep, divine order of the heavens and the earth. In this series we want to look at the big model of the universe that the Bible and Christian h ...
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Hosted by writer and folk-psalmist Strahan, the Commoners Communion podcast is a conversational look at Christian spirituality through the lens of beauty, mystery and revelation.
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Romanticizing the human experience — one episode at a time. Hosted by Taylor Mulholland, bridging the sarcasm and the sacred, this show dives deep into what it means to be fully, unapologetically human. No toxic positivity. No fake healing journeys. No “fixing you.” Just honest stories, laughter, and a deep return to the heart. That’s spiritual. For the feather seekers, conscious souls and chaotic hearts who know that being human is not a problem to fix, but a love letter to live by. We’re r ...
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Path of the Sober Seeker is a podcast at the crossroads of recovery, spirituality, and lived experience. Hosted by James H., an American Muslim revert, recovering alcoholic, Chemical Dependency Counselor (CDCA), and author of From Liquor to Dhikr: Islam and the 12 Steps, each episode explores how the timeless wisdom of Islam connects with addiction recovery, personal growth, and with the universal search for connection. Whether you are Muslim, a person in recovery, or simply a spiritual seek ...
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Tufts University and Shareable.net present Cities@Tufts, a free series exploring community innovations in urban planning. The live discussions are moderated by professor Julian Agyeman and the podcast is hosted by Shareable's Tom Llewellyn. The sessions will focus on topics such as Environmental justice vs White Supremacy in the 21st century; Sacred Civics: What would it mean to build seven generation cities; Organizing for Food Sovereignty; From Spatializing Culture to Social Justice and Pu ...
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Imagine the end of your life, looking back and reminiscing about all that has occurred, all that you’ve learned, what meaning it all had. Have you fulfilled all your dreams? Do you have regrets? What could you have done differently? What things were most important? What legacy do you hope you’ve left behind? Two things we as humans have in common are that we are born into this world, and we will pass on from this world. So often though, we get caught in the hustle and bustle of life and just ...
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Heal 2 Heal is a podcast that explores holistic healing methods that have the groundbreaking potential to transform the lives of both adults and children. All of the modalities unpacked share a common goal: to overcome physical, emotional, mental or spiritual hardships, in order to live a more joyful, authentic life. Host, Sally Janet de Gruchy, is an Energy Psychology Practitioner, former Primary School Teacher, children's wellbeing author, and founder of Daily Practise. Sally works with pe ...
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Explore the art of sacred sexuality. Sacred Sexuality is often associated with Tantra. Tantra is a spiritual practice in which Sexuality is used to achieve higher spiritual states. Yet common misperceptions around all forms of sexuality continue to exist, it is important to be open and real in discussing this powerful force and how it can be used to change our lives and the world because sexual energy is creative energy. We will be discussing love, life, relationships, bdsm, fetish and anyth ...
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Interviews with Scholars of Religion about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion
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Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
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Fail to the Chief is the podcast where comic "historian" Thom Woodley talks about the men who became President... almost. Romp through the losers of presidential history, laugh and marvel at how different life might have been, had America made different choices. FailToTheChief.wordpress.com
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David Clayton discusses the intersection of faith, art, and culture through the lens of Catholic teaching and the Way of Beauty.
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The Shared Inheritance Project is a grassroots organization dedicated to the belief the common heritage of Eastern Christianity provides unique and effective answers to the challenges of the modern age. Its rich theology and mystical spirituality helps us understand what it means to be human, to see the world as it is, and provides a path to embody and grow, through deep and transforming experiences, in the Image and Likeness of God. Subscribe and donate at: http://Shared-Inheritance.com
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Welcome to the Theology on Tap Chattanooga podcast. In each episode, we feature a lecture given by a different writer, scholar, or public intellectual. Each of these talks explores the intersection between theology and culture and how theology can help better guide us towards the common good of society. These talks are given live at our monthly Theology on Tap events at The Camp House in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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A podcast conversation hosted by Cecili Simmons exploring natural fibroid elimination, the mystical wisdom, and power of the sacred womb from mindset of a modern-day woke Wombman.
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Sunday Homilies from St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Christian Church in Bellingham, Washington.
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Connections to other humans are crucial. But what does that look like? How can we trust others? This second segment of Talking to Strangers focuses on Steph Thompson, founder of sound healing practice Sacred Bloom Tribe talking to strangers about music. Sound and rhythm are crucial aspects to building up our listening skills. Trusting one another--whomever we might be, whatever race, creed, religion, political persuasion--we have to learn to listen to one another and find a common vibration. ...
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Emmanuel College is a theological college of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. On Belief is a podcast produced for the University of Toronto’s Emmanuel College. The show is a home for conversations about the place of faith in the public sphere. It will explore the role and place of belief, whether defined as organized religious practice or individual spiritual understanding, in the culture and politics of secular society. The podcast theme music was composed by sacred music p ...
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VISIT PATREON.COM/THEHUMANEXPERIENCE TO SUPPORT THIS WORK In these interactive recordings, conversations, interviews, and monologues, we speak to the part within all of us that holds common sense, consciousness, a desire to heal the soul, to grow in awareness, and to empower ourselves, our communities, and our humanity. The intent is to support the process of re-attuning with nature, reconnecting as one universal humanity, navigating challenges and pressures from the world we inhabit, regain ...
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Welcome to ’Creating A Positive Impact’, the podcast that gives a voice to the change-makers, innovators, and trailblazers who are working towards a better world. From big systemic challenges to small everyday actions, we cover it all. Join us as we explore the solutions, the stories, and the inspiration behind those who are making a real difference. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a thinker, or simply someone who wants to learn more about creating a positive impact, this is the podcast for ...
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Elder’s Digest was founded in 1994. This magazine is precisely designed to attend to the needs of local church leaders around the world and to keep them informed and connected.
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A Series of Dialogues with John P Milton, founder of Way of Nature, and a pioneering ecologist, spiritual teacher, meditation master, vision quest leader and shaman. John began exploring deep stillness via Solo time in Nature, & has synthesised the essence of multiple wisdom traditions to create a common ground approach that help us connect to source awareness, & reveal an authentic way of being that aligns with our purpose, & cultivates harmony with Source (true nature), Self (inner nature) ...
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Welcome to “Harmonic Horizons” where we explore new realms and possibilities in sound. In each episode, we'll delve into the vast world of music and sound, discovering innovative techniques, emerging genres, and the untold stories behind the notes.
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This Great and Complicated Place stands to elevate the way communities of faith contribute to conversations about race and equity by exploring, honestly and compellingly, the historical design of American cities and urban centers and their impact on urban life. By inviting the voices of expert historians, economists, urban planners, faith and non-profit leaders, and—perhaps most importantly—neighbors, we intend to do more than just emphasize the design shortcomings of our cities and neighbor ...
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The Testament Hello and welcome to The Testament. My name is Steven Smith and as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, let me begin by stating my personal testimony. In that I know Jesus Christ is the only begotten son of our Heavenly Father. I know Joseph Smith is the prophet of the restoration. I know The Book of Mormon is sacred script. I know we, as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are lead by a living Prophet. I know within each of us ab ...
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Many adoptive, foster, stepmoms, and grandmothers are suffering in silence. No one in the world of adoption is giving them the tools for recovery. No one is teaching them how to handle adoptee pushback and rejection. No one is wrapping arms around them and praying when all they can do is cry. When moms realize the unknown depth of their child’s trauma, a common reaction is self-doubt. If she doesn’t know what happened, how can she find words to help her child process it? It’s terrifying, lik ...
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Book a Private 2-on-2 Session with The Marriage Guardians: [email protected] Be a Guest on The Marriage Guardians Podcast: [email protected] Welcome: Welcome to "The Marriage Guardians," a groundbreaking podcast dedicated to fostering healthy, resilient marriages that stand the test of time. In a world where divorce rates are alarmingly high and the pressures of modern life can strain even the strongest partnerships, our mission is clear: we want to be the gua ...
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Wendell Marsh, "Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities" (Columbia UP, 2025)
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Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities (Columbia University Press, 2025), is a groundbreaking book that recasts the role of knowledge in the making of a colonial and postcolonial nation. It makes a case for a new literary and intellectual-historical approach to Islam in Africa. The Senegalese Muslim scholar Shaykh Musa Kamara (…
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Stefanie Mercado Altman, Claire Altman, and Stan Altman, "Twice Blessed: A Story of Unconditional Love" (Fordham UP, 2025)
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Twice Blessed (Fordham University Press, 2025) is a memoir that explores the depths of love, resilience, and the true meaning of family. Stefanie Mercado Altman, Claire Altman, and Stan Altman share an intimate and inspiring story about the bonds that define us, from adoption to caregiving and beyond. When Stefanie was adopted by Claire and Stan, …
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Jon Mills, "End of the World: Civilization and Its Fate" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024)
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Dr. Jon Mills, has had an impressive career as practicing professional, researcher, educator and writer in the psychology and psychoanalytic field. His work bounds the world of philosophy and psychology, focusing upon both individual human behavior and the manifestation of the collective behavior in the social context. He is the author and/or edito…
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Xiang Biao and Wu Qi, "Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
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Today I had the pleasure of talking to Professor Xiang Biao on his new book, Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World, which was originally written and published in Chinese. The English translation has just come out with Palgrave Macmillan. Self as Method provides a manifesto of intellectual activism that counsels China’s young people t…
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Kawika Guillermo, "Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games" (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025)
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An immersive journey into the author's lifelong attachment to video games, revealing how they shape us, shatter us, and give us the courage to start again Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025) is a captivating collection of personal essays that unpack the mystifying and often intimate roles that video games …
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Tim Weiner, "The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century" (Mariner Books, 2025)
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In 2007, Tim Weiner published the book Legacy of Ashes. It was a history of the CIA from its founding to the early 2000s. As a university student in Italy, I bought the book as soon as it came out. The second non-fiction book I ever bought in English. The book was riveting. It kickstarted my interest in the CIA and covert operations. Now, Tim Weine…
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Kenja McCray, "Essential Soldiers: Women Activists and Black Power Movement Leadership" (NYU Press, 2025)
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Academics and popular commentors have expressed common sentiments about the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s—that it was male dominated and overrun with autocratic leaders. Yet women’s strategizing, management, and sustained work were integral to movement organizations’ functioning, and female advocates of cultural nationalism often exhi…
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Bob Wyss, "Black Gold: The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal" (University of California Press, 2025)
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For decades coal has been crucial to America's culture, society, and environment, an essential ingredient in driving out winter's cold, cooking meals, and lighting the dark. In the coalfields and beyond, in Black Gold: The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal (University of California Press, 2025) Bob Wyss describes how this magical elixir sparke…
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Mary Beth Willard, "Why It's Ok to Enjoy the Work of Immoral Artists" (Routledge, 2021)
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The #metoo movement has forced many fans to consider what they should do when they learn that a beloved artist has acted immorally. One natural thought is that fans ought to give up the artworks of immoral artists, but according to Mary Beth Willard, it’s hard to find good reasons to do so. In Why It's OK to Enjoy the Work of Immoral Artists (Routl…
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Gavin Kilty: Tibetan Buddhist Translator
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Gavin Kilty has been a full-time translator for the Institute of Tibetan Classics since 2001. Before that he lived in Dharamsala, India, for fourteen years, where he spent eight years training in the traditional Geluk monastic curriculum through the medium of class and debate at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics. He has also taught Tibetan langu…
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Calvin Schermerhorn, "The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made" (Yale UP, 2025)
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Dr. J Calvin Schermerhorn is a professor of history in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. His books include The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860, and Unrequited Toil: A History of United States Slavery. He lives in Tempe, AZ. The long history of the racial we…
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Tanja Petrovic, "Utopia of the Uniform: Affective Afterlives of the Yugoslav People's Army" (Duke UP, 2024)
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The compulsory service for young men in the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) created bonds across ethnic, religious, and social lines. These bonds persisted even after the horrific violence of the 1990s, in which many of these men found themselves on opposite sides of the front lines. In Utopia of the Uniform: Affective Afterlives of the Yugoslav Peopl…
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Danna Zeiger, "Rewriting the Rules" (Millbrook Press, 2025)
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In our wonderful interview, Dr. Danna Trachtenberg Zeiger and I celebrate her debut picture book, Rewriting the Rules, a STEM nonfiction picture book which was just released from Millbrook Press (Carol Hinz, editor) on September 9, 2025". She is represented by Gaby Cabezut at The Seymour Agency. A published scientist, Danna's research has appeared …
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Karen Smythe, "A Town with No Noise" (Palimpsest Press, 2025)
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In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Guelph, Ontario author Karen Smythe about Karen's novel, A Town With No Noise (Palimpsest Press, 2025). Samara and J., a struggling young couple, are off to J.’s birthplace, Upton Bay, a small town turned upscale theatre and winery destination. Sam has been hired by an editor friend to write a pr…
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Stuart McHardy, "Scotland's Sacred Goddess: Hidden in Plain Sight" (Luath, 2025)
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In Scotland’s Sacred Goddess: Hidden in Plain Sight (Luath Press, 2025), Stuart McHardy delves into the rich tapestry of pre-Christian Scottish beliefs, uncovering the enduring presence of ancient mythologies in today’s landscape. Long before the arrival of Christian monks, the Scots revered a pantheon of deities, with the Cailleach Goddess at its …
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Stuart McHardy, "Scotland's Sacred Goddess: Hidden in Plain Sight" (Luath, 2025)
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In Scotland’s Sacred Goddess: Hidden in Plain Sight (Luath Press, 2025), Stuart McHardy delves into the rich tapestry of pre-Christian Scottish beliefs, uncovering the enduring presence of ancient mythologies in today’s landscape. Long before the arrival of Christian monks, the Scots revered a pantheon of deities, with the Cailleach Goddess at its …
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Kathleen Smithers, "Tourism, Philanthropy and School Tours in Zimbabwe: Problematising "Win-Win" Discourses" (Routledge, 2024)
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In Tourism, Philanthropy and School Tours in Zimbabwe: Problematising "Win-Win" Discourses (Routledge, 2024), Kathleen Smithers investigates the tensions between a school's role as a communal learning space and its function as a spectacle for tourists. Using a school in Matabeleland North as a case study, Smithers analyzes how school tours, often m…
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Shulamit Reinharz, "Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir" (Amsterdam Publishers, 2024)
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Born in Amsterdam in 1946, Professor Shulamit Reinharz grew up amid the lingering shadows of wartime trauma, an experience that shaped her later academic path and her role in the creation of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute. With Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir (Amsterdam Publishers, 2024), she has crafted a unique form of Holocaust memoir, d…
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Aaron L. Miller, "Basketball in Japan: Shooting for the Stars" (Routledge, 2024)
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Today we are joined by Aaron Miller, Lecturer in Kinesiology at California State University, East Bay and the author of Basketball in Japan: Shooting for the Stars (Routledge, 2025.) In our conversation, we discussed the beginnings of basketball in Japan, the ongoing legacy of Samurai culture in Japanese sport, and what Japanese basketball’s succes…
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Devin Smart, "Preparing the Modern Meal: Urban Capitalism and Working-Class Food in Kenya's Port City" (Ohio UP, 2025)
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Preparing the Modern Meal: Urban Capitalism and Working-Class Food in Kenya's Port City (Ohio UP, 2025) is an urban history that connects town and country. Devin Smart examines how labor migrants who left subsistence food systems in Kenya’s rural communities acquired their daily meals when they arrived in the Indian Ocean city of Mombasa, a place w…
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Karen Robert, "Driving Terror: Labor, Violence, and Justice in Cold War Argentina" (U New Mexico Press, 2025)
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Driving Terror: Labor, Violence, and Justice in Cold War Argentina (U New Mexico Press, 2025) by Dr. Karen Robert tells the story of twenty-four Ford autoworkers in Argentina who were tortured and “disappeared” for their union activism in 1976, miraculously survived, and pursued a decades-long quest for truth and justice. In December 2018, more tha…
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Well it's always been... But right now your frequency matters more than ever. We are diving DEEP into one of our favorite topics over here: your frequency. What it is, why it matters and how to keep it sparkly clean in today’s overstimulating, fear mongering world. If you're an artist, creator, "sensitive sally" or literally anyone who consumes the…
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Victoria Bateman, "Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth and Power" (Seal Press, 2025)
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How many female entrepreneurs, economic revolutionaries, merchants, and industrialists can you name? You would be forgiven for thinking that, until very recently, there were none at all. But what about Phryne, the richest woman in ancient Athens, who offered to pay to rebuild the walls of Thebes after the city was razed by Alexander the Great? Or w…
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Jonathan White and Lucas Morel, "Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln" (Reedy Press, 2025)
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In Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln (Reedy Press, 2025), acclaimed scholars Lucas E. Morel and Jonathan W. White assemble Frederick Douglass’s most meaningful and poignant statements about Abraham Lincoln, including a dozen newly discovered documents that have not been seen for 160 years. Readers will encount…
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Susan Erikson, "Investable! When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance" (MIT Press, 2025)
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Investable! When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance (MIT Press, 2025) by Dr. Susan Erikson presents a critical and sobering look at how international bankers and investors turn pandemics into investment opportunities, and what we stand to lose when we rely on “innovative finance.” In a world increasingly defined by crisis, bankers and investor…
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Yu Zhang, "Going to the Countryside: The Rural in the Modern Chinese Cultural Imagination, 1915–1965" (U Michigan Press, 2020)
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Since the beginning of the twentieth century, modern Chinese intellectuals, reformers, revolutionaries, leftist journalists, and idealistic youth often crossed the increasing gap between the city and the countryside, which made the act of "going to the countryside" a distinctively modern experience and a continuous practice in China. Such a spatial…
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Masaya Llavaneras Blanco and Damien P. Gock eds., "Pandemic Policies and Resistance: Southern Feminist Critiques in Times of Covid-19" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
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Offering Southern feminist assessments of detailed case studies from 12 countries, this open access book Pandemic Policies and Resistance: Southern Feminist Critiques in Times of Covid-19 (Bloomsbury, 2025) provides crucial insights into the gendered repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on macroeconomics, labour, migration and human mobilities, a…
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Susan D. Stewart. "On the Rocks: Straight Talk about Women and Drinking" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)
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Existing portrayals of women who drink typically fall into two categories: disturbing stories of women hitting “rock bottom,” resulting in ruined careers, families, and futures, or amusing stories of fun and harmless “girls’ nights out,” with women drinking and overindulging as a temporary escape from a never-ending list of work and family demands.…
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Joel Best, "Just the Facts: Untangling Contradictory Claims" (U California Press, 2025)
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Why can’t we seem to agree on facts? In this succinct volume, sociologist Joel Best turns his inimitable eye toward the social construction of what we think is true. He evaluates how facts emerge from our social worlds—including our beliefs, values, tastes, and norms—and how they align with those worlds’ standards. He argues that by developing a so…
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